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Going into Large AM (BlackRock) vs Small Hedge-Fund out of Undergrad
I am set on going into the buy-side after undergrad and am in final rounds with BlackRock, among other large AMs in NYC, and a small fund in a tier 3 city. The position at BlackRock would be in the Portfolio Management Group, in a Fixed Income desk focused on mostly global allocation. The fund is an...
What is most important for transitioning from Sell-side Equity Research to Asset Management?
Given the limited number of available seats at top AMs, what is most heavily weighed/looked for in applicants? Is it the brand value of your bank/analyst ranking or more so networking? If someone wanted to exit to a top AM would it be beneficial for them to switch to a better sell-side bank/analyst...
Should a graduate pursue Investment Banking or Asset Management? - UK
Hi everyone, I currently have my foot in the door with both investment banking top elite boutique and asset management bulge bracket in the UK. I come from a non-target university and bachelors degree. I am obviously very happy and grateful to have opportunities in both industries. I’m very...
What's after Spring Week
Hello, apes I just completed my first spring week at the BB in the asset management division. I really enjoyed the experience but it was only a week and I wish I'd applied to a lot more places. I really don't know how to allocate my time this summer to enrich myself with the skills necessary for...
Any advice for a recent graduate?
I am about to graduate from a reputable university in Canada (McMaster University) with an Honours BCom degree (specializing in Finance), and I was just wondering if anyone has any advice for a recent graduate looking to get into the industry? I specifically have an interest in IB, PE, VC, AM & ER,...
Would you take a step down in comp to go from SS to LO?
Hi all. I'm in a bit of a mind pickle. I am in year 6/7 at a bank in the US as a VP with my own coverage. I essentially operate entirely as an independent lead analyst at this point and would expect to make $325-400k this year (all in). The ultimate goal is to move to a LO, but I'm fine with being...
AM Compensation London
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Non target Buiness program vs UofT Econ
I have been accepted to many non-target business schools and also have been accepted at UofT from economics. If I want to break into AM, IB, ER, WM which of the program should I choose?
ETF FI Portfolio Management
Hi, I have been offered a assosiate ETF Fixed income role at one of the TIER 1 asset management firm in London. I have overall 5 years experience at one of Banks. I want to understand the scope of ETF PM going forward. Quiet few people keep mentioning ETF PM is more techonology driven rather than...
Technical Skills for Associate level Asset Management Interview
I'm looking at interviewing for a few associate level roles in AM and was hoping to get an idea of how best to spend my time preparing. I've stayed at my spot since college and haven't really been through any formal CRE interviews - I honestly have no idea what to expect and am psyching myself out....
Sculptor Capital Management - Asset Management Intern Interview
I have an interview in Sculptor's real estate arm for an asset management position tomorrow. It is supposed to be an hour long. Does anyone have any advice on interview questions asked, technicals, brainteasers, or just any general advice about Sculptor that may help me in the interview or my...
Tuck/Kellogg/Stern/Cornell MBA for LO asset management
I'm an international applicant with prior experience in investment management at a local asset manager in Asia. I'm frustrated by dings from the target schools (Wharton, Booth, CBS). What would be the best option among the four(Kellogg/Tuck/Stern/Cornell) for LO recruiting? Do the top-tier...
Will GS rescind offer?
I received an offer from GS in their asset management division. I filed for bankruptcy 3 years ago. Will this bankruptcy affect the offer? I already accepted the offer and it never came up during the interview. Also, I was never asked to disclose any bankruptcies. any advice, response is...
Investing a large chunk of cash
Hi everyone, In anticipation of the war in Ukraine, which has now already started, my family sold a chunk of real estate in Eastern European countries (in fears of war progressing beyond Ukraine). As I am the only member of my family educated/working in finance (not in AM / PWM though), it fell upon...
Advice on Offers?
Hi all - in need of some advice in terms of career direction. I'm pretty junior career-wise; went to a semi-target UK university and studied Finance, had a placement year in Research at a stock brokerage, and have spent the last 1.5 years working in Quant Analysis (python, stats, models) for a tech...
How does knowing a top portfolio manager affect my chances?
I am a sophomore at a well ranked LAC in the states. Through incredible luck, I happen to be family friends with a senior global equity PM at one of the most elite institutional AM firms in the world. (e.g. Blackrock, State Street, Wellington, BNY Mellon, etc.) I want to make it clear that this is...
What does AM consolidation entail?
I saw that a larger Asset Manager announced that they were acquiring an alternatives investment manager in one of my newsletters today (https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/…). My main questions are: - How are Asset Management companies valued? I can imagine that there are many...
Tokio Marine Delphi Capital Management
Anyone have anything on these guys? Headcount, comp, bonus, etc? Looks to be very small and non-US so I imagine hard to gauge figures
Advice needed pls: offer from Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) vs Insurance's Multi-Asset Investment
Dear all I got offers from two places: 1) as a multi-asset investment manager for an FoF ($~2B) and 2) as an investment manager for an insurer (~$20B). For 1) FoF, I will be primarily doing manager selection, portfolio construction, and to a lesser extent asset allocation/style or factor selection....
How best to prep for a switch to an asset management or acquisitions role?
Currently work at a CMBS rating agency and hoping to leverage my ~2 years of experience to move over to the principal side. I have realized by now I am not as interested in CMBS as I thought and would rather get more direct exposure to transactions by (hopefully) making a lateral move into an...
GS Private Wealth Management post MBA
I am a recent M7 MBA graduate who accepted an offer to be a Private Wealth Advisor (Starting as a PWM Associate) at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management (GS PWM). I worked in finance before business school and went to MBA to stay in finance to multiply my earning potential. I was attracted to GS...
Rank European Masters in Finance Schools
Currently in the first year of my bachelor's in economics from India. Planning to do Masters in Finance in Europe right after my UG with 0 work experience. Want to work in Asset Management after my master's preferably in London but wouldn't mind France. (also I'm learning French in college).How...
Life in Copenhagen
Hi, long-time follower of WSO here. Currently based in London at a sell-side bank doing ER, and I have a good chance an offer might be coming for a large AM in Copenhagen to work as a senior analyst at an equity fund. Never been to the city, so have a few questions -- -What's the life like in...
Sales and Trading vs Investment Management
I am a beginner to finance looking into various summer internships. I have an interest in stock market investing in particular. I would say the priority for my internship (as it would be for most) is to learn as much as possible whilst also hopefully getting a prestigous name on my resumé to make...
Tier1 VC / famous&VC-related asset management role : which is better?
Hello everyone, I just need some guidance and career advice. Thank you in advance! I recently landed two venture capital offers, one from a Tier 1 VC fund, and one from a well-known and big alternative investing/asset management firm where the role would be >50% co-investments in VC funds and the...
London buyside from SS ER
In my second year of ER working for a top analyst in a hot sector for a non-BB bank in london. I havent been getting many headhunters hitting me up about buyside gigs for LOs or HFs so was getting a bit concerned . Should I be the one reaching out to them or is there a better way of going about...
Advice needed: Family office to Goldman Sach's Asset Management Real Estate Investing
I'm curious what everyone's opinion is on switching to GS AM: Real Estate investing team (location: HK) Background: Currently working on the real estate team of a family office/investment management firm The firm's leadership and board are quite legitimate and very experienced. The firm invests in...
Asset Management Interview Guide
I often see Investment Banking Interview Guides but are there any for investment management? Really would appreciate any pointers!
J.P. Morgan or BlackRock?
I have summer internship offers at both JPM and BlackRock, the roles are: JPM: Investment Solutions at J.P. Morgan Private Bank "Work with our teams to understand client needs and examine market activities to develop and execute strategies that help clients meet their financial goals Partner with...
MBA associate - Hate banking, what now?
As the title says, I’m a first year mba associate and am quickly realizing that I have very little interest in the transaction process. I find myself very bored and uninterested in the work. I really see myself in more of a markets role, as that is where my passion really is. What roles should I...
Any info on LP/endowment/foundation/sovereign wealth space?
I'm interning this summer at a BB doing alternative investments in their asset management division. Not entirely sure what direction I want to go after. Obviously would love a return offer, but need to hedge my bets in any case. I know that it might be worthwhile to do a couple of years in banking...
Career advice - EB M&A vs LO Asset Management
Hello all. I'm at a crossroads with regards to a a career decision that I have to make and would really appreciate some input from the community. I'm currently a senior analyst at an EB M&A team in the UK, and have recently received an offer from a LO AM firm based in London. In essence, the AM role...
What is the essential skill to break into AM?
This forum has many IB elites. For breaking into IB, accounting and modeling are often mentioned. Skills on DCF, LBO and financial statements seem to be a must-have for the IB interview. I wish to work in asset management industry. I am currently studying Economics in a top Canadian university. I...
PWM Analyst Attempting to Break Into AM (Worthwhile to Pursue an MBA Program?)
I am an incoming PWM 1st yr analyst at a BB (think GS or JPM). In three years I will likely move into an associate role within the firm. My passion however is investing and AM and I intend on pursuing an MBA to break into this industry mainly for the connections, brand-name recognition, and the...
Move to London at an Asset Management firm
Hi, I'm currently working in India, in sell-side equities covering the consumer sector for over two years now. I'll be moving to a big buy-side fund in the next one month. Hoping to learn a lot there, post which I would like to move to London on the buy-side itself in about 1-1.5 years. I want to...
Legal&General
Hello, Haven't seen any discussions about the Legal&General Investment Management group. Any insights about the company, reputation and etc?. It's quite surprising that there is no discussion regarding it since LGIM is a big company.
Finance Internship at F200 Pharmaceutical vs. Tax Intern at Deloitte for investment banking/management consulting full-time recruiting
Hello, I'm a junior at a target undergrad business school (Ross/McIntire/McDonough) and I have 2 offers for this upcoming summer. One is a finance internship at a Fortune 200 pharmaceutical (think Roche/Novartis/Baier, so not exactly Pfizer tier but pretty close), and the other is a tax internship...
JP Morgan's Private Bank
Hi, I accepted an offer for a summer internship with JP Morgan's Private Bank with their investment solutions team (not the advisor/sales side). I am excited about this but people have told me that private banking/wealth management sucks, even though I think I would enjoy it. Does anyone have any...
Equity Analyst London Compensation
I'm pretty close to receiving several offers for first year equity analyst roles in London and want to know what to expect to be offered compensation wise. What would you expect to be offered at a $750bn-$1tr active asset manager in London for a first year equity analyst role, full-time, straight...
GSAM AIMS investing exits
Does anyone know of typical exits from the alternative investments and manager selection (AIMS) group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management? I'm wondering more specifically about exits on investing/front office side of things. I'd imagine that common paths would be groups like Blackstone's BAAM group...
BlackRock Alternatives Credit Division
Hi all, junior recruiting for SA opportunities at the moment - I've been looking for more information on the credit alternatives division for BlackRock, but I haven't had much luck so far. Could anyone provide me with more information? I'm specifically curious about the prestige and exit...
Muni Asset Management
Hey everyone, I'm an incoming PubFin IB analyst at a BB and I'm interested in potentially transitioning to Muni AM in a few years. With that being said, there seems to be a lack of info on Munis on this forum outside of IB. I'm hoping someone could provide color on the municipal asset management...
S&T Trading vs. Entry-Level AM
Hello! I am a final-year UK student (top UK uni, STEM degree) and I have two job offers, both in London, both entry-level analyst: one in S&T (likely FX, Gov't bonds, or rates trading) at a lower-tier bank (think RBC/Nomura/SocGen), and the other at a relatively small asset management firm (10-15bn...
Help Deciding On Job Offer
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Boston as an Asset Management Hub
Being a sucker for regional economics history and how certain niches develop over time, especially in finance (venture capital in SF/Silicon Valley, IB in NYC, derivatives in Chicago, insurance and metals in London, reinsurance in Bermuda, etc.), I'm curious if anyone here knows why Boston has been...
Advice on Offers
Hi, I am currently conflicted between two offers, both are for quantitative developer. One is from an Asset Management in Bay Area and the pay is around 150k with an additional 30k-40k in bonus. The second offer I have is from a fintech startup, it's more than 5 years old with a lot of people using...
Career Advice: Which career should I pursue?
Hey guys this is my first discussion, so please bear with me. I just started my bachelor studies and want to figure out which kind of career I want to aim for (at least for now). My profile: Really interested in things finance, money management, analysis, strategy I've especially been interested in...
State Street pushes for more White Male discrimination
From the Times: https://archive.md/BRZV2 No country for white men as State Street push diversity Staff at one of the world’s biggest investment companies have to get special approval to hire a white man, rather than a woman or an ethnic-minority candidate. The policy is part of a drive by State...
DWS Asset Management Superday
Does anyone have any insights on what types of questions are asked in these interviews from previous years or any general technicals to be studied up on in AM? Thank you.
Economic Consulting Potential Exit Opportunities?
I was recently offered a position to work at a top Econ consulting firm which I am very grateful for. However, I was wondering what the common exit opportunities were for econ consultants. Specifically, I was wondering if anyone was able to successfully work for 1-2 years and transition into roles...
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